KENTUCKY
INDUSTRY LIAISON GROUP 

2008 ANNUAL MEETING 

Friday, November 7, 2008
8:15 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

University of Louisville, Shelby Campus
9001 Shelbyville Road
Louisville, KY
502.852.7916  

 

On November 7, 2008, you are invited to join The Kentucky Industry Liaison Group to hear these informative government updates: 

How to Survive an OFCCP Audit by Ms. Carmen Rendon, Assistant District Director, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs  

Get tips straight from the OFCCP on how to prepare for and survive an OFCCP audit. 

E-Race Initiative by Ms. Marcia Hall-Craig, Director of Louisville Area Office, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission  

Learn about this exciting new initiative which is designed to improve the EEOC’s efforts to ensure workplaces are free of race and color discrimination. 

FMLA Update by Ms. Karen Garnett, Assistant District Director of the U.S. Department of Labor – Wage and Hour Division 

Get up-to-date information on FMLA and how it impacts you.  

Military Leave Update by Ms. Laurie Kemp, Partner at Woodward, Hobson & Fulton, L.L.P.  

Learn about the new military leave changes and if you are applying them properly. 

Elder Care as an Emerging Workplace Issue by Ms. Mary Ellen Harned, Executive Director of Guardiacare Services 

For more information about the Kentucky Industry Liaison Group, visit our website at www.kyilg.org.  

2008 ANNUAL MEETING AGENDA 

8:15 – 8:45                              Continental Breakfast and Registration 

8:45 – 9:00                              Welcome and Introductions

London Roberts - KYILG President                                               

9:00 – 10:00                            FMLA Update

                                                Ms. Karen Garnett, Wage and Hour 

10:00 – 10:30                          Elder Care as an Emerging Workplace Issue

                                                Ms. Mary Ellen Harned, Guardiacare Services 

10:30   - 10:45                         Break 

10:45 – 12:00                          Military Leave Update

                                                Ms. Laurie Kemp, Woodward, Hobson & Fulton, L.L.P. 

12:00 – 1:00                            Lunch 

Special Lunch Presentation: KYILG Support of Non-Profit Organizations 

1:00 – 2:15                              How to Survive an OFCCP Audit

                                                Ms. Carmen Rendon, OFCCP 

2:15 – 2:30                              Break 

2:30 – 3:45                              E-Race Initiative

                                                Ms. Marcia Hall-Craig 

3:45 – 4:00                              Q&A/Wrap Up

                                                London Roberts, KYILG President                                             

                                    REGISTRATION INFORMATION 

Please e-mail your confirmation of attendance at the Kentucky Industry Liaison Group 2008 Annual Meeting to Robbin King at: robbin.king@ekpc.coop.  Please include the following information:

·         name of attendee  and name of company 

Contact Robbin at 859.745.9678, should you have questions. 

Register by October 31, 2008 

Cost:   Members: No charge for members of the Kentucky Industry Liaison Group

           Non-Members - $100.00 PRE-PAID.   

·         Remember that meals are paid by the KYILG.  Should you need to cancel, please let us know by 11.3.08 to avoid being charged the cost of your meal.

·         If you have special dietary needs, please advise Robbin King by 11.3.08.

·         Because the KYILG meeting sessions are designed to encourage attendees to be candid in their questions and comments, the use of audio and/or video recording devices is not permitted.  In addition, discussions during the meetings are off-the-record and not for attribution to any particular individual or company.  If because of a disability you will need auxiliary aids or services to participate in the meeting, please contact Robbin King prior to the meeting and we would be happy to make every effort to accommodate the request.

 

Directions to University of Louisville, Shelby Campus:

 

 University of Louisville, Shelby Campus

          9001 Shelbyville Rd, Louisville, KY 40222 

Once on campus property, proceed to the Founders Union Building where the

KYILG Spring Meeting will be held in the Delphi Center located on the 2^nd floor.

From I-65 North: Take the I-264 (Watterson Xway) East exit. After traveling approximately 7 miles, take Exit 20A (Shelbyville Rd. E, US 60/Middletown). Shelby Campus is 2 miles on the left. 

From I-65 South: Take the I-264 (Watterson Xway) East exit. Follow the directions above. 

From Airport: Take the I-264 (Watterson Xway) East exit.  Follow the directions above.  

From I-64 East: Take Exit 12B (I-264 East/Watterson Xway). Then take Exit 20A (Shelbyville Rd., US 60/Middletown). Shelby Campus is 2 miles on the left. 

From I-64 West: Take Exit 15 (Hurstbourne Pkwy., Middletown/Jeffersontown/ Shelby Campus). Turn right on Hurstbourne Pkwy. Travel approximately 2 miles to the intersection of Shelbyville Rd. (US 60). Turn left on to Shelbyville Rd. Shelby Campus is approximately ¼ mile on the right. 

I-71 South: Take the I-264 (Watterson Xway) West exit.  This is a left turn.  Take the Shelbyville Road East exit (US 60/Middletown).  Shelby Campus is 2 miles on the left. 

 

YOUR 2008 KYILG STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE:

 Darlene Ayers, Brown-Forman Corporation

Vicki Bickel, Beechmont Press

Heather Conger, University of Kentucky

Phil Donahue, United Parcel Service

Claudette Doyle, Louisville Water Company

Tim Findley, Norton Healthcare

Joanne Freeman-Jung, University of Louisville

Lora Griffin, E.ON U.S.

Carlos Herrera, JBS Swift & Company

Rebecca KalbFleisch, Kindred Healthcare

Robbin King, East Kentucky Power Cooperative

Vicki Kupper, E.ON U.S.

Deby Mettling, Metropolitan Sewer District

Beth Montgomery, Kindred Healthcare

Rhonda Plunkett, Humana Inc.

London Roberts, Lexmark International, Inc.

Kathy Schroeder, Louisville Water Company

Felicha Sitgraves, Laboratory Corp. of America

Marilyn Smith, Zeon Chemicals, L.P.

Susan Summers, Hall Contracting

Dan Thomas, United Parcel Service

Toni Whalen, Humana Military 

 

Government Advisors:

Toni Ahl, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Ron Bailey, Department of Labor, OFCCP

Karen Garnett, Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division

Marcia Hall-Craig, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Carmen Rendon, Department of Labor, OFCCP

 

Pictures from Summer Seminar

           
London Roberts, President KYILG                Dr. Eric Dunleavy - Guest Speaker
                                                                                DCI Consulting

Please join the KYILG Kentucky Industry Liaison Group on: 

Thursday, August 14, 2008 for our
SUMMER SEMINAR

Seminar Topic:  Pre-employment Testing
            Topics included in his presentation are: 
            - An introduction to employment testing and selection;
            - The pros and cons of different types of tests: what makes sense for you?
            - Is a test adequate? Understanding test validity and psychometrics;
            - The EEO enforcement landscape of testing;
            - Developing your own test audit system 

                        Seminar Location:  Lexmark, Lexington Kentucky
                                    (Directions to follow in a later e-mail) 

                       Seminar Agenda:

8:45 – 9:00           Welcome/Introductions

9:00 – 10:30         Testing Presentation

10:30 – 10:45       Break

10:45 – 12:00       Testing Presentation

12:00 – 1:00          Lunch

1:00 – 2:30            Testing Presentation

2:30 – 2:45            Break

2:45 – 4:00            Testing Presentation

4:00 – 4:30             Q&A/Wrap Up 

                        Seminar Cost:  Free to paid members
                                                    $125 for non-members
                        (Remember you can become a member for the year for $150) 

Seminar Registration:

·         E-mail Robbin King at  robbin.king@ekpc.coop by Friday, August 1^st to confirm your attendance. 

·         Please remember, meals are paid by the KYILG.  If you have to cancel, please let us know by August 1, 2008 to avoid paying the cost of extra meals. 

·         If you have special dietary needs, please let Robbin know by August 1, 2008.

·         If you would like to carpool from Louisville to the Lexmark offices, please let Robbin know.  She will e-mail all interested carpoolers and you can communicate with each other to decide where to meet and who will drive.

Our speaker for the day is Eric Dunleavy, please see his bio and seminar topics listed below.

 Bio: Dr. Dunleavy, an industrial-organizational psychologist, is a Senior Consultant at DCI Consulting Group, where he is involved in OFCCP audit and litigation consulting. He also serves on staff with the Center for Corporate Equality, which is a national nonprofit employer association based in Washington, DC, whose mission is to promote proactive affirmative action, equal employment regulatory compliance, and other human resource management strategies to create diverse organizations free from workplace bias.  

Before joining DCI, Eric was a Senior Research Scientist at the American Institutes for Research (AIR), where he worked as an expert witness on EEO litigation. Eric received his doctorate in Industrial/Organizational Psychology with a concentration in quantitative data analysis from the University of Houston.  

Dr. Dunleavy is currently the legal chair of the Personnel Testing Council of Metropolitan Washington, D.C., and is on the editorial board of The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist as coauthor of the "On the Legal Front" column. He has also published in journals such as the Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, the Journal of Business and Psychology, and Industrial-Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice. He is currently an adjunct faculty member of George Mason University.  

 

KENTUCKY
INDUSTRY LIAISON GROUP 

2008 SPRING MEETING 

Friday, March 7, 2008
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 

University of Louisville, Shelby Campus
9001 Shelbyville Road
Louisville, KY
502.852.7916

 

Please join the Kentucky ILG for an informative session discussing immigration trends and the impact it has on your workplace.

 Areas of discussion will include I-9 updates; H1B overview; DHS update; using on-line I-9s versus paper I-9s and much more.

Mr. Ron Crouch - Mr. Crouch is Director of the Kentucky State Data Center located at the University of Louisville.  The Kentucky State Data Center is the official clearinghouse for Census data for the state of Kentucky.  KSDC provides data on population, housing, education, employment, and other social indicators.  Ron has developed a national database analyzing trends by both Census regions and state.  He also has developed Census profiles for all 50 states including population pyramids by race and Hispanic origin, a population chart showing population trends by age by race and Hispanic origin, and tables indicating trends on demographic, social and economic variables. 

Mr. Charles Baesler - Mr. Baesler is a Partner at Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC and is Chair of the firm’s Immigration Practice Group. He currently serves as Chair of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Mid-South Chapter, which covers Kentucky, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee and Mississippi. He represents employers before the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Labor and U.S. consulates overseas in obtaining employment authorization for various professionals and skilled workers. He also represents companies based outside the United States in obtaining investor visa status to facilitate direct investment and transfer of personnel to U.S. markets. Mr. Baesler also advises employers on compliance with federal laws against hiring undocumented workers.  

Ms. Sheila Minihane - Ms. Minihane is a Partner at Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC in Louisville, KY in the Immigration Practice Group. Her practice focuses on guiding employers through the U.S. immigration sponsorship process and related immigration issues including I-9 compliance. She represents professional workers across industries including international transferees, engineers, scientists, university faculty, and healthcare professionals including physicians and nurses.